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YOUR RESEARCH996 flood vehicle , I need some advice
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I changed the oil, I cleaned the cylinders by flushing the cylinders out one at a time , 2 had contamination in the cylinder.
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After everyone finishes telling you what a dope you were and that you will never get it running/it will blow etc.
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If you get this running, be ready for an unreliable car.
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I bought a 2002 996 Convertible that was flood damaged. I changed the oil, I cleaned the cylinders by flushing the cylinders out one at a time , 2 had contamination in the cylinder. Now I'm wondering if the valves that are closed have contamination on the head side ?
Contamination consisted of silt, pink fluid and water.
I purchased a used immobilizer, key fab and ECU from the same car. When I install these do I need the dealer to do anything ?
Can I turn the car on without the seat memory control unit ?
Dude you need to have someone that knows a thing or two about cars to check everything over. Last thinguou need is to suck in some sand into the cylinders when they fire up. I would at least pull the intake manifold and clean it out really well but more likely would pull the engine and clean it out really well. These engines are too expensive to take an uncalculated risk.
If you get this running, be ready for an unreliable car. It WILL have electrical gremlins down the road (if not now.) Every connector and inch of copper wire in the car will be highly prone to corrosion.
There's a reason an insurance company would total it rather than fix it.
Particulate matter in one or more cylinders is not good.
Really, engine disassembly is called for so the engine can be thoroughly cleaned and any parts damaged by water (rings but there are other internal parts that can be damaged or compromised -- rust spots on valve springs can result in a broken valve spring down the road) replaced.
About the best you can do -- and it probably won't be good enough -- is arrange to have the engine subjected to some kind of fuel injector cleaning that I believe -- you'll have to confirm -- has a supply of fuel injector cleaner fluid connected to the car's fuel line and the engine is positioned so the intake valves are open and the exhaust valves are closed then the injector is triggered open and the fluid is pumped through the injector and vacuumed out through the intake system.
However, note the engine has to be rotated to ensure the valves are in the right orientation. Any particulate matter in any cylinder will wreck havoc on the piston/rings and cylinder bore.
Either disassemble the engine and do a proper job of it or toss caution to the wind and like Soaringman offered change the oil and go for a drive. When you fire up the engine though before heading out stand back, just in case.
After everyone finishes telling you what a dope you were and that you will never get it running/it will blow etc.
SeeSimon996 s thread and maybe see if he will respond with some help instead of DOOM.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...ous-996-a.html
If it makes you feel any better they sorted out the Porsche 928 that went into Lake Michigan in the movie Risky Business!
The scene at the dealership is one of my favorite movie lines: "Who's the U-Boat Commander?"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewd...ld-at-auction/
They didn't sort out the Lake Michigen 928. Putting it back together and returning it to the prop company doesn't mean it was "sorted out".
If you have silt in the cylinders, you should be worried.
Not usually on this forum but caught my eye. AS to the engine, think you already got some good advice. On the rest of the car might try this. I manufacture laminated safety glass and we have to keep the room and storage of PVB (interlayer between the glass like in your windshield) at less than 20%. We can turn up the gear and go down to zero but it's not what we need for adhesion or health of the guys in the room. Rent a Munter's desiccant ring dryer. ( I have one of those for back up to our big unit, but it's the right size for this job) Close the car up in a sealed single car garage with everything you can get open left open. About 48 hours should do the job. Put a fan in there to turn the air over not a bad idea either. Might still have issues with connectors etc. but it will be dry as a bone in even places you will never access. I think Munters has a service for water damage so will come out and set the unit up for you.
I would assume that you bought it cheap enough and knew that you would be tearing into it to make it a running car.
Without seeing the extent of the flood damage, Im not going to start crying that the sky is falling...
But..... I would certainly drop the engine out of it, and pull intake and heads. Water in itself is not what I would be worried about. Its the time it sat with water in it, and all the contaminents that water can carry.
I have sunk many 2 and 4 stroke engines (dont ask) and if attended too in a timely manner, they were all resurected and worked without issue.
That thread and the thread's OP's progress is hardly a ringing endorsement of resurrecting flood damaged cars.
Also, the thread just ends with no follow up on how well the job turned out. I wouldn't be surprised the OP recognized the futility of the situation and off loaded the car before sinking any more money and time into it.
In the context of this thread the OP will either proceed and eventually succeed or he will give up. I suspect it will be the later.
Sadly I agree with Macster a project like this is for someone with a lot of resources and knowledge. I wish him the best but its a losing proposition in my opinion.
more like "whos da u boat commanda?"
LOVE that scene and line
one night i was flippping through the channels and that scene was on one channel when on another channel at the extact same time, tony montana was buying his 928 at the dealership.
"machine gun turrets are extra"
Scar face buying a car - YouTube
back OT...looks like you got a bit of a project car
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it's hopeless and I'm not saying that someday it won't be a solid car. I'm just saying that in my experience with a few people who've had flood cars, electrical problems became the norm.
Pjmoody is clearly digging in and going to work to get this car going. With enough work, and time spent troubleshooting electrical gremlins for the foreseeable future, this could be a solid car again. But it will take dedication.
Precisely what I was thinking. I could see buying a flood-damaged car for dirt cheap if I had lots of experience, tools, and time to do the tear-down and re-build. OPS's post sounds like he can do the basics, but doesn't sound like he knows the car intimately, which is what I would think would be needed. But, who knows, maybe he just wants a project. Can't fault that.
I realize this thread is older but this is where the rubber hits the road😄Either you have gotten the car up and going or decided it was a bad idea either way if someone els is looking at a flood car it would be great information to know the long term result. Soooo if your out there and driving it having a blast let us know or did you part it out and lick your wonds😪
If your immobilizer set is from the same model car (02-05 remote control, ecu and immobilizer under the seat) you can just install it and start the car without having to reprogram anything. Seat control unit has nothing to do with immobilizer set and is separate.
As to the engine, do you know what kind of water it was, salty or sweet? Generally if you have any kind of water in cylinders it's not good for the engine. If it would be sweet water and it was dried right after flood you would be able to save the motor. If it was salty or sweet water and car was standing for a long time coating on pistons gets damaged and in effect you will have scoring fast. Even if you get the motor to start, inside piston coating will be peeling off and in effect you will have scored cylinders. I've rebuilt a few motors after flood. When you have water in cylinders for a long time it actually "eats" the cylinders and it looked like it was sanded, there are tiny holes everywhere. Piston rings also get stuck big time due to corrosion, even after engine disassembly they are hard to remove. Even if you manage to start your motor it will most likely have bad compression and will take up oil. If you got the car from auction or somewhere else after it's been standing for few months with water and silt inside cylinders you will definitely need a complete rebuild.
